Contents: List of illustrations, General editors' preface, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Introduction. Part I Market spaces and urban structure: Orbem in Urbe Vidimus...: Towards a topography of trade in the early modern city Studying the configuration of space The notion of portus: a permanent square Order amidst mixed use Thousands of variations: the transmission of models Long-term reform The 'longue duree' and architectural history. The 'Ease of Provisioning': Sites and images The market insula The bridge with shops Physical discontinuity, chronological continuity. The Market in the City: At the beginning, on the outskirts: Venice Paris Nuremberg Elsewhere, in the centre: Augsburg LA1/4beck Little by little, greater articulation: Venice, once again Florence Antwerp Amsterdam The diffused model: Seville London Diversity, fragmentation, form. Disorder and Mixed Use: The Concept of 'Boundary': Norms and increasing trade Interference and interplay: stands, shops, houses Ownership and conflicts of interest The culture of the square and its image Legal and physical boundaries. Part II Commercial Buildings: Use and Form: The Regularity of the Square: The square's geometry and the 'line' of shops: Venice: San Giacomo at Rialto Florence: the Uffizi and the corridor Genoa and Piazza Banchi Seville and the problem of the 'plaza mayor' Some buildings: Covered markets, halles, drapperie La Halle aux Draps The Fabbriche Vecchie The Clothworkers' Hall Bread, meat, fish, fruit and vegetables: Along the banks of the Grand Canal In the centre of Florence In the cities of Spain In the city of London Banks, business and the bourse: The Antwerp bourse The Royal Exchange of London The Amsterdam bourse The Casa Lonja of Seville The Loggia of Genoa Fondaci: public warehouses and lodgings: The surplus granaries: The 'albergarie' of the Germans, Turks and Persians in Venice The Hansa House in Antwerp Index.